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Angry, Cristiano Ronaldo stormed off the lawn, threw away the blue captain's armband, and waved his arms in frustration before the hasty exit into the catacombs of the Belgrade stadium.

The soccer superstar was pissed off.

It was 2-2 in the Serbs' World Cup qualifier against Portugal, the hosts had made up a 2-0 deficit, referee Danny Makkelie let play four minutes.

Ronaldo volleyed a wide cross at the baseline, somehow circling the ball towards the goal, the ball rolled over the line - 2:51 minutes had been replayed.

Typical Ronaldo.

But a goal?

The 3: 2?

The Portuguese cheered because the ball was fully behind the line.

This was also shown by the often repeated TV pictures.

But the Dutchman Makkelie let play on - no goal!

Only yellow - for the frustrated and protesting Ronaldo.

Insights from Portugal's coach

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Shortly after the goal steal and the resulting missed victory, superstar Cristiano Ronaldo had his mind clear again for a message to the nation: Especially in difficult times, you have to face the next challenge, said the captain of the Portuguese national team on his Instagram late Account with.

He felt, said the 36-year-old, that “an entire nation has been injured and damaged”.

The fact that he threw away the dark blue bandage was by no means meant symbolically, he assured me.

Because being the captain of the Portuguese team is the greatest pride and privilege of his life for him.

The gesture did not please the former Stuttgart star Fernando Meira.

“The goal is correct, but Ronaldo is not allowed to throw the captain's armband on the ground.

That's disrespectful, "said the TV expert.

Portugal coach Fernando Santos reported on the reaction of Dutch referee Makkelie after the game.

“He apologized to me in the cabin and said that he was embarrassed.

He had told me on the field that he would look again at the pictures and if it did, he would apologize - and it was.

I told him the ball was half a meter behind the goal line.

The referees are human and make mistakes, but that's why there is VAR and goal-line technology to avoid it. "

He said of Ronaldo: “I don't know what happened.

I was told that he responded less well.

It's the normal frustration of those who score Portugal's winning goal and that doesn't count.

I will not address this topic. "